A.On the bus. | B.At school | C.At his friend’s. |
1. When will the man go to the restaurant?
A.On Tuesday. | B.On Wednesday. | C.On Thursday. |
A.His workmates. | B.His family. | C.His friends. |
A.It has a non-smoking section. |
B.Smoking is forbidden totally. |
C.Smoking is allowed everywhere. |
3 . As you’re drafting your New Year’s resolutions, you may think that it takes 21 days of repeating an action for that action to become a habit. So, you set out to go to the gym for 21 days, thinking that by day 22 heading to the gym will feel automatic — maybe even fun.
However, that 21-day estimate isn’t true. A habit expert Wendy Wood found that this falsehood came from a self-help book in the 1960s and actually described how long it takes to get used to your new appearance after plastic surgery. It’s important to note that getting used to something is not the same thing as forming a habit, and perhaps the two concepts got confused along the way, giving rise to the term today.
To figure out how long it actually takes to form a habit, Phillippa Lally, and her team did a series of research.
They recruited 96 people and asked each person to choose one new habit and report each day on whether or not they did the behavior and how automatic the behavior felt. Some people chose simple habits like “drinking a bottle of water with lunch.” Others chose more difficult tasks like “running for 15 minutes before dinner.” At the end of 12 weeks, the researchers analyzed the data to determine how long it took each person to go from starting a new behavior to automatically doing it.
The study found that it takes more than 2 months before a new behavior becomes automatic — 66 days to be exact. And if you want to set your expectations appropriately, the truth is that it will probably take you anywhere from two months to eight months to build a new behavior into your life. Interestingly, the researchers also found that “missing one opportunity to perform the behavior did not affect the habit formation process.” That is to say, it doesn’t matter if you mess up every now and then. Building better habits is not an all-or-nothing process.
So, for those who wish to form certain habits, persistence is king. To form a good habit, we need to pay more energy and effort.
1. What does “21days” actually mean according to Wendy Wood?A.The time one drafts a book. |
B.The time one develops a new habit. |
C.The time one gets used to something. |
D.The time one recovers from a surgery. |
A.By doing questionnaires. | B.By tracking people’s behaviors. |
C.By making predictions. | D.By analyzing data of previous studies. |
A.Habits cannot be noticed easily. |
B.The amount of time a habit takes varies. |
C.One should perform a behavior constantly. |
D.It takes exactly 66 days to form a new habit. |
A.Habit — good or not? | B.Better habit, better life? |
C.21days to form a habit? | D.Hit or miss with habits? |
A.She stayed at home. | B.She went to a party. | C.She saw a movie. |
1. What did the two speakers do?
A.They went to a party. | B.They studied for an exam. | C.They went to a theme park. |
A.She has to study for an exam. |
B.She doesn’t like parties. |
C.She has to work. |
A.A comedy. | B.A cartoon. | C.A horror story. |
1. What is the woman going to do?
A.Go to the airport. | B.Call a taxi. | C.Wait for the plane. |
A.At 2:00 pm. | B.At 4:00 pm. | C.At 5:00 pm. |
A.At a bank. | B.At a post office. | C.At a store. |
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9 . If you have ever had trouble persuading yourself to do things you should do or would like to do, you have experienced procrastination. If you are a typical procrastinator, perhaps you spend an excessive amount of time watching TV, playing video games, checking Facebook, eating (even when you’re not hungry), obsessively cleaning or pacing back and forth through the office.
Lazy people don’t do anything and are just fine with it.
The studies on procrastination ever conducted indicate that failure of the ability to listen to ourselves is most likely the main reason why we put things off. The scientific name of this ability is self-regulation. Self-regulation is the ability to consciously control your emotions.
To overcome procrastination, you need to start by setting the bar as low as possible. Creating habits isn’t about quantity; it’s about small steps and regular repetition. By making gradual increases, once you learn a new habit, you can strengthen your willpower muscle. As you slowly raise the bar, your willpower will gain strength.
A.Don’t confuse procrastination with relaxation, either. |
B.The more powerful it is, the easier it will be for you to make a breakthrough. |
C.Learning how to develop good habits and kick bad ones can be achieved by taking small steps. |
D.Procrastinators, however, have the desire to actually do something but can’t force themselves to start. |
E.If you train willpower to perform one activity, you can use its strength to do other things as well. |
F.Afterwards, you feel powerless and are overcome with feelings of guilt and frustration. |
G.The more developed this ability is, the more often you will do what you tell yourself to do and the better you will resist temptation. |
A.Unnecessary. | B.Convenient. | C.Beautiful. |